Consus The aim of the project is to establish a regional science-society network for sustainability innovations in Albania and Kosovo in order to strengthen the connection and collaboration of institutions in the field of higher education, research and practice.

This lecture note serves as a compact theoretical introduction to energy and radiation balances as a knowledge base for related teaching materials (see below).

Surface temperature is closely connected to the energy balance and energy flows, as well as their components: shortwave and longwave radiation balance, sensible heat, soil heat flux, and latent heat (evaporation)

Learning Outcomes

Understanding radiation and energy balances.

Relevance for Sustainability

Understanding the energy balance is a central component of the greater understanding of meteorological and climatological relationships such as the causes of climate change (amongst others).